Mera Tabla Guruji Suresh Kumar Prajapati

Yaha mera tabla guruji, Suresh Kumar Prajapati, Udaipur mein hai.

Tabla in Udaipur

As some of you already know, I'm off to India in April for some further extensive Tabla classes. My Guruji, Suresh Kumara Prajapati, lives in Udaipur and I thought I'd post some old pictures of Udaipur for those of you who have been before.

This is the City Palace -

This is the entry gate into the City Palace looking up from where Jagmandir is -

This is view from what is now the clock tower looking towards the City Palace. The temple in the foreground is Jagmandir and the smaller one off to the left is the Radha Krishna Mandir -

This is a view looking towards what is now the clock tower from the market -

This is a view of Jagmandir looking from the City Palace side -

This is a view of Jagmandir looking up from the market place. I'm not sure what the temple on the left is -

Jagmandir is also known as Jagdisha Mandir not to be confused with jagmandir island in the lake.

Failed Streaming Media

Looks like the links in the last post are down again. Go to THIS PAGE for track one and THIS PAGE for track two. DISREGARD THIS (I Think) THE LINKS BELOW ARE WORKING AGAIN. I POSTED THE FILES ON ANOTHER SERVER AND THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING OKAY.

Streaming Rehersal for Ben and Craig

Last night's rehersal went well and I ripped the two recordings off of the Mini Disk player without a hassle. There are a few places on the recording where it skips though. Maybe you paused it Ben? I'm just not sure. Craig, the sitar didn't come through very loud at all. The Microphone was far to close to the tabla and it dominates the recording. The santoor is clear but also soft. I'm fairly happy with the tabla sound but it gets a bit monotonous being so loud. I should have played more solo. Overall, not bad. Lets just hope you can get that multi track mixer for the concert Craig so we can limit the volume of the tabla and/or increase the volume of the two lead instruments, specifically the sitar. Track one is in Kherava and Bhajani Tala while track two is in Bhajani tala and Kherava.

Track One -

Track Two -





Bloody free internet hosting services. I posted some m3u files on my web page linking to the audio but the free hosting server appears to change the file names every once in a while. The above players should now work. Third time lucky hey!

Does anyone know of a FREE site, like YouTube, that I can post audio clips on? My web space with my service provider is only 10mb so I can't even fit one of these files on there. Just post a comment if they stop working again

Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa

I also thought I'd post this video that I found of probably my favourite tablaji - Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa. I am of the same tabla gharana as ustadji. Enjoy.

Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Rag Charukeshi

This is also the Late Ustad Allah Rakha Khan Sahib with Panditji Ravi Shankar in Jhap tala but Panditji is also playing sitar in raga Charukeshi. Enjoy.

Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Tabla Solo in Jhaptal

This one's for all you tablaji's out there. I'm quite a fan of the late Ustad Allah Rakah Khan Sahib and I hope you all enjoy this jhap tala with Panditji Ravi Shankar.

Tin Tal Kaidas and Thekas

I've got another rehersal tonight for an upcomming festival and have just packed up my tabla. This reminded me that I did say I'd post some simple tabla Kaidas and Thekas etc on here so this is something simple that I start rehersing/playing with. You can vary the amount of times you play each segment, it's up to you. Enjoy.

Da Din Din Da - Da Din Din Da - Da Tin Tin Ta - Ta Din Din Da

Da Da TiRa KiTa - Da Da Tin Na - Ta Ta TiRa KiTa - Da Da Din Na

Da Da TiRa KiTa - Da Da TiRa KiTa - Da Da TiRa KiTa - Da Da Tin Na

Na Na TiRa KiTa -Na Na TiRa KiTa -Da Da TiRa KiTa - Da Da Din Na

Da Da TiRa KiTa - TiRa KiTa TiRa KiTa - Da Da TiRa KiTa - Da Da Tin Na

Na Na TiRa KiTa - TiRa KiTa TiRa KiTa - Na Na TiRa KiTa - Da Da Din Na

Da Din Din Da - Da Din Din Da - Da TiRa KiTa Ta - Ta Din Din Da

Da Din Din Da - Da Din Din Da - Da TiRa KiTa Ta - Ta TiRa KiTa Da

Da Din Din Da - Da Din Din Da - Da TiRa KiTa Ta - TiRa KiTa TaKa TaKa

KaTa TaKa Da _ - TiRa KiTa TaKa Da - _ TiRa KiTa TaKa - TiRa KiTa TaKa TiRa - KiTa TaKa TiRa KiTa

KaTa TaKa Ta _ - TiRa KiTa TaKa Ta - _ TiRa KiTa TaKa - TiRa KiTa TaKa TiRa - KiTa TaKa TiRa KiTa

TiRa KiTa TaKa TaKa - TiRa KiTa TaKa TaKa - TiRa KiTa TaKa TaKa - TiRa KiTa TaKa TaKa

Da Tin Tin Da - Tin Tin Da Da - Tin Tin Da Da - Tin Na Ka Ta

Ta Tin Tin Ta - Tin Tin Da Da - Tin Tin Da Da - Din Na Ka Ta

Da Tin Tin Da - Tin Tin Da Da - Tin Tin Da Da - TiRa KiTa Tin Na

Ta Tin Tin Ta - Tin Tin Da Da - Tin Tin Da Da - TiRa KiTa Din Na

These are some simple Kaidas, Thekas and a Rela all in Tin Tal.